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Another source of animosity comes from the fact that much of YWOT's appeal comes from exploration, where generations of users follow each other on lengthy pilgrimages, reacting to older text all while leaving messages of their own in order to encourage future travelers. The lack of teleportation also means that the vast majority of spam/toxicity is confined to Spawn, an area that can easily be left behind to explore a more pleasant environment. | Another source of animosity comes from the fact that much of YWOT's appeal comes from exploration, where generations of users follow each other on lengthy pilgrimages, reacting to older text all while leaving messages of their own in order to encourage future travelers. The lack of teleportation also means that the vast majority of spam/toxicity is confined to Spawn, an area that can easily be left behind to explore a more pleasant environment. | ||
Easy access to teleportation removes any incentive for manual exploration in OWOT, meaning that there really isn't much to find after you scroll past the chaos of Spam Central. It is for this reason that many YWOT users see their sister website as a more hollow experience.[[File:Look at this pizza.jpg|thumb|222x222px|Cross-site racism at play in an YWOT Discord server]] | |||
Easy access to teleportation removes any incentive for manual exploration in OWOT, meaning that there really isn't much to find after you scroll past the chaos of Spam Central. It is for this reason that many YWOT users see their sister website as a more hollow experience. | |||
=== The Takeaway === | === The Takeaway === | ||
The general consensus among those who have spent time in both websites is that YWOT and OWOT simply fulfill different niches. YWOT is considered to be an open world text processor while OWOT is regarded by most of its userbase as a sandbox centered around scripting. FP has also noted that whereas YWOT users explore their site manually, users in OWOT explore by teleporting to distant coordinates or by visiting other [[worlds]], [https://ourworldoftext.com/computer.yes many] [https://ourworldoftext.com/funbox of] [https://ourworldoftext.com/main which] are unique experiences in of themselves. | The general consensus among those who have spent time in both websites is that YWOT and OWOT simply fulfill different niches. YWOT is considered to be an open world text processor while OWOT is regarded by most of its userbase as a sandbox centered around scripting. FP has also noted that whereas YWOT users explore their site manually, users in OWOT explore by teleporting to distant coordinates or by visiting other [[worlds]], [https://ourworldoftext.com/computer.yes many] [https://ourworldoftext.com/funbox of] [https://ourworldoftext.com/main which] are unique experiences in of themselves. | ||
== Shared Users == | == Shared Users == | ||
The majority of OWOT users have found the site through YWOT. | |||
In turn, most of them found YWOT from an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isEwaLUiLP4 2011 Vsauce video], which to this day remains the biggest source of new users to [[Related Sites|all three of the ''World of [x]'']] sites. | |||
OWOT itself began as a spin-off of YWOT by the site's creator, and the 2017 reboot of the site was founded by veterans of the YWOT community. | |||
=== InfraRaven === | === InfraRaven === | ||